Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1992)

Director:

Oley Sassone

Writers:

Allison Burnett (writer)
Charlie Mattera (writer)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

Don Wilson returns to the screen as a man unjustly accused of a brutal crime. Within the prison he must fight for survival, freedom and justice.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Third Part | Female Nudity | Prison Riot | Cult Favorite

Cast

Don 'The Dragon' Wilson	...	Jimmy Boland
Richard Roundtree	...	Samuel Stark
Gregory McKinney	...	Blue
Rick Dean	...	Wheelhead
Richard Paul	...	Goddard
Charles Boswell	...	Taylor
John Cardone	...	Diddler
Brad Blaisdell	...	Pisani
Stan Longinidis	...	Leadbottom
Tony DiBenedetto	...	Tony D
Andre Rosey Brown	...	Clint
J.W. Smith	...	Sporty Black
Laura Stockman	...	Connie
Kevin Davis	...	Stewart (as Kevin N. Davis)
Peter Cunningham	...	Champ (as Peter "Sugarfoot" Cunningham)

Also Known As:

Forced to Fight (USA) (closing credits title)
Forced to Fight!: Bloodfist 3 (Australia) (DVD box title)
Forced to Fight: Bloodfist III (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | USA:R | Iceland:16

Company:

Concord Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Due to its poor box office performance, this is the last film of the Bloodfist series to be released theatrically.

Quotes:

Samuel Stark: You're so involved with your own hate, you'd rather die than see it go.

Movie Connections:

Remade as Live by the Fist (1993)

Kickboxing sequel with more meat to chew on

STAR RATING: ***** The Works **** Just Misses the Mark *** That Little Bit In Between ** Lagging Behind * The Pits

Our old friend The Dragon is back- this time playing a different character, one who's sadly incarcerated for 'being in the wrong place at the wrong time.' But there's basically a power struggle going on in the prison, as well as a lot of racial tension, leading to a brutal final confrontation.

Despite the rather flimsy excuse for a plot and some disturbing sexual inneuendo through-out the movie (check out a scene at the beginning where the warden describes having a 'brilliant penal institution' only to cut to a scene where a guy is being anally raped, as well as a nerdy looking character who is revealed to be a paedophile, with a disturbing scene where he watches a young girl twirling in a pretty dress), Bloodfist III promises to offer nothing the first two didn't but can in fact boast one of Wilson's more asserted performances, where he really comes off as the strong, silent hardman as well as having a very interesting sub-plot exploring racism in American prisons. ***